Roderick

German

"famous ruler"

Roderick Origin and Meaning

The name Roderick is a boy's name of German origin meaning "famous ruler".

The aristocratic--if not haughty--Roderick was nevertheless consistently in the Top 1000, reaching as high as Number 221 in 1967, when it was not uncommon to run into a Rod or a Roddy. It's at a low point right now, but we can envision it being revived as a neglected, dignified grandpa name, perhaps when Rod is no longer a potentially embarrassing nickname..

Roderick has lots of literary history, including the novels Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett and Roderick Hudson by Henry James, and Roderick Usher is the main character in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." Roderick, of course, is the full name of Rod Stewart, and TV personality Rosie Pope called her son James Roderick.

Roderick Rank in US Top 1000

# 984 in the US

Popularity of the name Roderick

• 1313 Nameberry 2025
• 914 Unique 2023

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Famous People Named Roderick

• Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude "Roddy" McDowall English/American Actor
• Roderick Anthony Burton II aka Dolla American rapper
• Roderick "Roddy" Maude Roxby, English actor
• Roderick George Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper Canadian professional wrestler and actor.
• Roderick David "Rod" Stewart English singer,songwriter
• Roderick Random Allen US WWiI major general
• Roderick Strong ring name of Christopher Lindsay, American pro wrestler
• Roderick Murchison Scottish geologist
• Roderick Paulate Filipino actor
• Roderick William Cameron Canadian,American shipping magnate
• Roderick MacKinnon Nobel Prize,winning American neurobiologist
• Sean Roderick Stewart son of singer Rod Stewart
• James Roderick "J.R." Pope son of reality TV personalities Rosie and Daron Pope

The name Roderick in Pop Culture

• Roderick (Rod) Wolfe main male character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Torrid Love”.
• Roderick Usher main character in "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
• Sir Roderick Glossop character in the novels of P.G. Wodehouse
• Roderick Spode character in the novels of P.G. Wodehouse
• Roderick Jaynes pseudonym for American filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen
• Roderick Alleyn detective character in novels by Ngaio Marsh
• Roderick Meeks character on Glee
• Roderick Kingsley character in Marvel Comics
• Roderick Anderson steward on the titular ship of the mystery game "Return of the Obra Dinn"

International Variations of the name Roderick

• Roderigo Spanish
• Rurik Russian
• Rui Portuguese
• Rodrigue French
• Rhydderch Welsh
• Ruy Spanish
• Rodrigo Portuguese